GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| uncouth | awkward and uncultivated in appearance, manner, or behavior : rude |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| hail | precipitation in the form of small balls or lumps usually consisting of concentric layers of clear ice and compact snow |